Washington Pa. Bios Part 3

More Washington Co. Beers: Morrison p. 658
Guyon Morrison, p. 658      
     GUYON MORRISON. The Morrisons of the Upper Chartiers Valley trace their 
ancestry to Guyon (or Gavin) Morrison, who removed from East Nottingham, 
in Chester county, Penn., and settled on a tract of land on the waters of  
Chartiers creek, within the limits of Chartiers township, in Washington 
County, of the same State, prior to the war of the Revolution. By comparison 
of data, from traditions and records, it is reasonably certain that Guyon 
Morrison came from Northern Ireland to Delaware Bay with the great Scotch- 
Irish migration of the year 1729. He was born, probably in Londonderry, 
about the year 1705. His ancestors, doubtless, had come with the influx of 
Presbyterians from Scotland, prior to the famous siege of that place in 
1689. The family name "Morrison" had belonged to a clan in Scotland 
from an early period. In this country, as far as known, the earliest 
mention of the name of Guyon Morrison is found in the taxable lists of 
East Nottingham, Chester Co., Penn., for the year 1730. 
      In the lists referred to, his name appears in the class of unmarried men; 
in the lists for the year 1734 his name appears in the class of householders 
or married men, from which fact we infer that his marriage had taken place 
in the year 1733. His name recurs, in the East Nottingham lists, continuously 
until the year 1770, after which date it disappears from the lists. The 
official records of Chester county show that in December, 1770, Guyon Morrison 
disposed of his property in Chester county, and, as his name is not found 
there on records of a later date, it is certain that he must have removed 
from that county in the  year 1771. 
      Some records recently found in Washington  County show that in the 
year 1776 the Morrisons had been settled on the waters of a tributary of 
Chartiers creek, for a sufficient length of time to give to the stream the 
name of "Morrison's run." In fact, the name "Morrison's run" became the 
official designation of the stream, as will be learned by reference 
to the Patent records of the Pennsylvania Land Office. The family 
traditions likewise confirm the conclusion that the Morrisons, on their 
removal from Chester county in the year 1771, came directly to the place 
of their settlement in the Upper Chartiers Valley. Soon after Guyon Morrison 
had settled on Chartiers, this entire region passed under the control of 
the colony of Virginia. For many years he held the tract on which he 
had settled, under the original "tomahawk" right. He lived, however, to 
witness the re-establishment of the authority of Pennsylvania, and the 
creation of the county of Washington. Of the tract on which he settled, 
the larger portion still remains in the possession of descendants 
bearing the same name, having passed by inheritance until it is now, after 
a lapse of 120 years, in the hands of his great-grandchildren. 
      In the will of Guyon Morrison, which was made on August 28, 1782, 
his son John and Hon. Matthew Ritchie were named as executors. This will 
was entered for record on July 2, 1783. From the date of the entrance of 
the will for record it is reasonably certain that the death of Guyon Morrison 
occurred in June, 1783. Of the history of his wife nothing is known. There 
is reason to believe that her maiden name was Margaret Wilson. From the 
fact that her name is not found in the conveyance of the Morrison 
property, made in December 1770, it seems probable that her death had  
occurred prior to that time. They had issue: 
William, Elizabeth, John, Jane, Margaret, Francis, Guyon, Jr., and James.
  (1) William, eldest of the family of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born probably 
in 1735. About the year 1760 he married Ann ____, and resided for a time 
in Chester County. On his removal to this region, he settled on a tract 
in Peters township, near the east branch of Chartiers creek, where he 
resided until his death in July, 1818. His wife had died about 
twenty 
years before. The had issue: John, James, George, Elizabeth, Francis, 
Guyon, Ann, William, Jr., Seth and David.
       John (eldest of the family of William, Sr.) died in early manhood. 
James (son of William, Sr.) was born probably in 1765; he married 
Phebe M. ____, and resided in Robinson township, where he died September 
11, 1832; his wife survived him some years; they had issue: John, 
Barnabas, Keziah (wife of John Brown), James, Martha and Elizabeth. 
      George (son of William, Sr.) was born in 1767; about 1800 he married 
Mary Graham, and resided in Robinson township until his death, May 12, 
1854; his wife died in 1845; they had issue: John, William, Seth, 
Mary (wife of Joseph Partridge, Sr.), George, Jr., Rachel, Jared, 
Ann (wife of William Best), and David. 
     Elizabeth (daughter of William, Sr.) was born in 1771; in 1791 she 
married Stephen Sexton, who was a stepson of Thomas Wilson, an early settler 
of Peters township; in April, 1802, she removed to Poland, in Mahoning 
county, Ohio, where she resided until her death, April 30, 1830; her husband 
died in 1856, age ninety-four years; they had issue: John, Nancy (wife of 
John Justice), Joseph, William, Stephen, Jr., and Martha (wife of Isaac 
Justice). 
      Francis (son of William, Sr.) was born in 1773; in 1795 he married 
Rosanna Frew, daughter of Alexander Frew, and soon afterward removed to 
Slippery Rock, in Lawrence county, where he resided until his death June 
5, 1837; his wife died in 1846; they had issue: Ann (wife  of Joseph 
Eccles), William and Alexander. 
     Guyon (son of William, Sr.) was born in April, 1775; in 1807 he 
married Hannah Cannon, and resided in Peters township until his death, 
October 1 1846; his wife died in 1872, aged eighty- five years; no issue. 
     Ann (daughter of William, Sr.) was born in 1777; after the death of 
her father she removed to the home of her sister Elizabeth Sexton, at 
Poland, Ohio; in 1821 she married John Frew, son of Alexander Frew, and 
removed to Slipper Rock, in Lawrence county, where she resided until her 
death, June 11, 1852; her husband died in 1853, aged eighty-three years; 
no issue. 
     William, Jr.,  (son of William, Sr.), was born in 1779; until middle 
life he resided in Washington county; in his latter years he removed to 
Lawrence county, where he resided with his nephew William, son of his 
brother Francis, until his death in 1855. 
     Seth (son of William, Sr.) was born in 1781; in 1809 he married 
Rachel Laird, daughter of James and Elizabeth Laird; in 1811 he removed to 
Mesopotamia, in Trumbull county, Ohio, where he was killed by the falling 
of a tree, June 16, 1823; no issue; his widow, who married John Chambers, 
died in 1850, aged sixty years. 
     David (youngest of the family of William, Sr.) was born in 1783; he 
married Priscilla Braden, and resided in Peters township until his death, 
January 28, 1830; no issue; his widow married Alexander McBurney.
  (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was probably the second 
in order of birth. About 1760 she married John Loughridge, Jr., and resided 
in East Nottingham, in Chester county, until her death in 1767. Her husband 
had died in 1766. They had issue: Elizabeth and Margaret, who accompanied 
their grandfather Morrison on his removal to the Chartiers Valley. By 
his will they were made legatees of his estate. There is reason to believe 
that Elizabeth married a Mr. Cochrane, prior to the year 1789. It is thought 
probable that Margaret was unmarried, and had died prior to that year. Nothing 
further is known of them.
  (3) John, son of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was probably the third in order of 
birth. He was one of the executors of his father's estate. His name is 
found in the list of the first grand jury called, under the authority 
of Pennsylvania, to meet in Washington county. He acquired a large tract 
of land in Peters township, where he resided until his death in March, 1789. 
He was unmarried. 
  (4) Jane, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born  probably in 1740. 
About 1762 she married Thomas Grier, who had come from Northern Ireland 
some years before, and removed to the adjoining township of Oxford, in 
Chester county, where she resided for a time. Afterward she removed to 
a tract of land near Carlisle, in Cumberland county, where she resided until 
her death in January, 1823. Her husband had died in March, 1803. They had issue:
Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary, James Gyon, George, Margaret, Jane, David, Rebecca, 
Thomas and John. Catherine (eldest of the family of Jane) was born about 1764; 
after the death of her mother she removed with her brother John to Perry county,
where she died in 1840; she was unmarried. Elizabeth (daughter of Jane) 
was born about the year 1766; she married James Wilson, Jr., and resided in 
Cumberland county; while visiting her kindred in Beaver county she died at 
the home of her brother George about 1835; no issue. Mary(daughter of 
Jane) was born probably about 1768; after the death of her father she 
removed to home of her brother Thomas, with whom she resided until her 
death, the date of which is not known; she was unmarried. James and Guyon 
(twin sons of Jane) were born in 1770; about 1800 James married Miss Espy, 
who died soon afterward without issue; in 1807 he married Maria Stuart; in 
1810 he removed to the Chartiers Valley, and resided in North Strabane 
township, Washington county, until his death November 22, 1833; his wife 
died in 1859, aged seventy-nine years; they had issue: Samuel Stuart, born 
in 1808, married Margaret Donaldson, and resided in Columbiana county, Ohio, 
until his death in 1886. Thomas, who entered the ministry, became pastor 
of a Presbyterian Church in a western city, where he died during his pastorate; 
he was unmarried. Guyon and Jane died on reaching adult years. David completed 
a course in medicine, and settled in Warren county, Ill., where he was engaged 
in practice until his death in 1886. James, Jr., born in 1820, married Hannah 
Van Eman, and resides on the homestead; they had issue: Mary (deceased), 
William, Jane, Rebecca, Anna, Frances and Thomas. Guyon (twin son of 
Jane) came to Washington county probably as early as 1795; about 1800 he 
married Polly Allison, and removed to Beaver, where he resided until 1819, 
when he removed elsewhere; some years afterward he returned to Washington 
county, and resided at the home of his brother James until his death, 
August 12, 1832; his wife had died probably about 1819; they had  
issue: John, born probably about 1805, who resided in Wheeling, W. Va., 
at the time of his father's death, but of whose subsequent history 
nothing is known. George (son of Jane) was born probably in 1772; about 
1800 he removed to Beaver county, and founded the town long known as 
Griersburgh, now called Darlington; about 1804 he married Anna Taggart, 
who died in 1811; they had issue: Robert, Jane (wife of John Rider, and  
afterward wife of John Boon, of Washington county), and Margaret, 
wife of John Duncan; in August, 1812, he married Elizabeth Woods, who 
survived him; he died October 10, 1844; they had issue: George, Jr., and 
Elizabeth (wife of William Adams). Margaret (daughter of Jane) was probably 
the next in order of birth; she married Thomas Clemens and removed to 
Beaver county, where she and her husband died many years ago; they had 
issue: Thomas, John, Margaret (wife of Mr. Parkinson), Elizabeth (wife of Jonathan 
Stewart), James, Jane, Ann, Alexander, Guyon and Robert. Jane (daughter of 
Jane) was probably the next in order of birth; on March 29, 1796, she married 
William Campbell, and removed to Beaver county, where her husband died 
prior to 1820; she survived her husband many years;  they had issue: Thomas, 
James, Robert and Alexander. David (son of Jane) was probably the next in 
order of birth; about 1800 he married Rachel Stuart, and removed to Beaver 
county, where he resided for some years; afterward he removed to Portage county, 
Ohio; about 1840 he removed to the West; he is said to have survived his 
wife, and to have died about 1850; they had issue: Thomas, Alexander, 
William, James, David, Jr., and Rachel. Rebecca (daughter of Jane) was 
probably the next in order of birth; she married Hon. Robert Sears, of New 
York, whom she survived; she died many years ago without issue. Thomas (son 
of Jane) was born in 1780; he graduated at Dickinson College in 1797, studied 
for the ministry, and was licensed by the Presbytery of New Castle in 
1800; in 1801 he was installed as pastor of the Presbyterian Church of 
Middletown, Lancaster county, where he remained some years; about 1830 
he was called to the pastorate of the church of Cold Spring, in Putnam county, 
N.Y., where he died May 19, 1834; he was twice married, but the names of his 
wives are not known; he had issue: George, William, John, Smith, Decatur and 
Charles. John (youngest of the family of Jane) was born probably in 1782; in 
1803 he was appointed one of  the administrators of his father's estate; in 
1829 he married Maria Bovard, and soon afterward removed to Perry county, 
where his wife died in 1848; he removed to Harrisburg, where he resided until 
his death in 1854; they had issue: Mary Ellen (wife of Mr. Crumleigh), 
Rebecca  Jane and Charles. 
  (5) Margaret, daughter of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born  probably in 
1742. About 1763 she married Josiah Crawford and  resided, for a time in East 
Nottingham, Chester county. It is probable that she accompanied her kindred 
on their removal to the Chartiers Valley. She resided on a tract in North 
Strabane township, near the east branch of Chartiers creed, where she 
died about 1795. Her husband died in May, 1797. They had issue: Elizabeth, 
Andrew, John, Josiah, Jr., James, Alexander, Guyon, Margaret, Hannah, 
William and Mary. Elizabeth (eldest of the family of Margaret) was born in 
1765; about 1788 she married James Laird; in 1809 she removed to Mesopotamia 
in Trumbull county, Ohio, where she resided until her death, August 23, 
1826; her husband survived her some years; they had issue: Rachel (wife 
of Seth Morrison), John, Matthew, Andrew, Josiah, Seth and James. Andrew 
(son of Margaret was probably the next in order of birth; about 1809 he 
married Mrs. Sarah (Ray) Sparks, and resided in Chartiers township until 
his death in 1813; his wife died near the same time; they had issue: Hannah, 
born in 1810, who married David Palmer about 1840, and resided in Chartiers 
township until her death in 1873; they had issue: Thompson, Margaret (wife 
of George Newton Watson), Elizabeth (wife of Mr. Reed), and  Sarah (wife 
of James Arthurs). John (son of Margaret) was probably the next in order of 
birth; he was one of the executors of his father's estate; after the settlement 
of the estate, he removed to Trumbell county, Ohio, where in 1805, he 
married Margaret Wilson; nothing further is known of him. Josiah, Jr. 
(son of Margaret)was born in 1770; in 1795 he married Eleanor Reynolds, and 
resided on the homestead in North Strabane township, where his wife died in 
1826; they had issue: John, Margaret, William and Elizabeth; secondly, he 
married Prudence Hanna, who survived him but left no issue; he died March 8, 
1851. John , born in 1797, married Sarah Quivey, and they removed to the 
West where they had issue of whom nothing is known. Margaret, born in 1799, 
married Daniel Bell, and resided in Peters township until her death in 1889; 
she survived her husband many years; they had issue: Elizabeth, Eleanor (wife 
of James Coleman), John, Jacob, Solomon, Anna, Margaret and Jane. William, 
born about 1805, married Miss Bennett, and afterward Miss Hamilton, and 
resided on the homestead until his death in 1887; he had issue:  Josiah, John, 
William Hamilton, Joseph, Eleanor and Mary Jane. Elizabeth, born about 1815, 
married James Kerr, and resided on a portion of the homestead until her death 
in 1889; her husband died in 1891; they had issue: Josiah, Prudence Jane 
(wife of David Bradford Craig), and James, William and Robert. James (son of 
Margaret) was born probably in 1772; he is said to have removed to Trumbull 
county, Ohio, but nothing is known of his history. Alexander (son of Margaret) 
was born probably in 1774; at an early day he removed to Trumbull county, 
Ohio, where, in 1816, he married Catherine Hoyles; nothing further is 
known of him. Guyon (son of Margaret) was born in 1776; he removed to 
Mesopotamia, in Trumbull county, Ohio, where he died in 1822; he was unmarried. 
Margaret (daughter of Margaret) was born in 1780; she married Alexander Shields, 
and removed to Hanover in Columbiana county, Ohio, where she and her husband died 
many years ago; they are said to have had issue, but nothing further is 
known of the family. Hannah (daughter of Margaret) was born about 1782; 
she resided on the homestead, where she died many years ago; she was unmarried. 
William (son of Margaret) was born probably in 1784; he removed to Trumbull 
county, Ohio, where he died in 1807. Mary (youngest of the family of 
Margaret) was born probably in 1787; she married Thomas Ray, and removed from 
Washington county. They are said to have had issue, but nothing further is 
known of the family.  
  (6) Francis, son of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born about 1745. In 1768 he 
married Agnes Frew. On his removal to this region, he settled in Peters township, 
near the junction of the east and west branches of Chartiers creek. In 
October, 1778, he was appointed lieutenant of the militia by the court of  
Yohogania county, Va. In December 1791, he disposed of his property in 
the Chartiers Valley, and removed to the region of Sugar Loaf mountain, in 
Fayette county, where he resided until his death, which occurred about 1800. 
His wife died in Lawrence county about 1830. They had issue: Elizabeth, 
Alexander, Guyon, James, William, John, Francis, Jr., Nancy, Rachel, David 
and Thomas. Elizabeth (eldest of the family of Francis, Sr.) was born September 
23, 1769; in 1791 she married Daniel Quivey, Sr., and resided near Canonsburg, 
in Washington county; she survived her husband some years, dying about 1850; they 
had  issue: John, James, Daniel, Jr., Sarah, Nancy, Julia, Henrietta and 
Elizabeth. John and James (sons of Elizabeth) removed to Ohio, and nothing 
further is known of them Daniel, Jr. (son of Elizabeth), married and settled 
in Chartiers township, where he and his wife died a number of years ago, 
leaving issue: Maria (wife of Stewart Miller), Leticia, James (who married 
Mary White, and resides on the homestead) and Julia. Sarah (daughter of 
Elizabeth) married John Crawford, survived her husband and resided in 
the West until her death, the date of which is not know. Nancy (daughter 
of Elizabeth), born about 1800, married William Flanagan, and resided near 
Canonsburg until her death in 1890; she survived her husband some years 
they had issue, of whom we have no information. Julia (daughter of Elizabeth) 
married John Holland, and resided at Bentleyville, where she and her husband 
died a number of years ago, leaving issue of whom we have no information. 
Henrietta (daughter of Elizabeth) married John McIlravy, and  removed to 
Harrison county, Ohio, where they resided for some years; afterward they 
removed to the West, where she and her husband died some years ago, leaving 
issue of whom nothing is known. Elizabeth (daughter of Elizabeth) 
married Benjamin Crawford, and resided in North Strabane township until 
her death in 1889, at the age of eighty years; she survived her husband, and 
left issue: Daniel married Jane Chubbic, and resided in North Strabane until 
his death, in 1891; he left issue: D. Quivey, Bathsheba and Lousarba, who 
reside in Canonsburg. Of the history of the other members of this family 
we have no information. Alexander (son of Francis, Sr.) was born May 16, 1773; 
he married Catherine Hoagland, and removed to Lawrence county, where he resided 
for a number of years; he survived  his wife; they had issue: Hoagland, Agnes, 
(wife of John Francis), William, Alexander, Catherine (wife of Charles Lytle), 
and Guyon; about 1820 he returned to Fayette county, where he resided until 
his death in 1847; his second wife was Rachel Simmons, who survived him 
some years; they had issue: Mrs. Rachel Daniels, Mrs. Elizabeth Daniels, Mrs. 
Anna Woodmansee, Susan, the wife of Andrew Boyd, Francis Thomas, Mrs. Naomi 
Daniels, and Hannah the wife of Own Burgess. Guyon (son of Francis, Sr.) 
was born on June 21, 1775; about 1800 he married, and resided in Somerset county 
for a time; afterward he removed to Frankfort, Ky., where he resided until 
his death by drowning, the date of which event is not known; he is said to 
have left issue, but nothing is known of them. James (son of Francis, 
Sr.) was born July 23, 1777; about 1800 he married Elizabeth Clay; in 
1811 he removed to Camp Run, in Lawrence county, where he resided 
until his death in August, 1821; his wife survived him many years; they 
had issue; Francis James, Leonard, Mrs. Ruth Ashton, William, Job Clark, 
David, Nancy (wife of William Ayers) and Thomas. William (son of Francis, Sr.) 
was born June 7, 1779; when eighteen yours of age he went on a trip down the 
Ohio, and was never heard of afterward. John (son of Francis, Sr.), was born 
February 22 1781; it is probably that he died in youth, as nothing further 
is known of him. Francis, Jr. (son of Francis, Sr.), was born February 13, 
1783; about 1804 he married lizabeth Wellington whom he survived; they 
had issue: James, Enoch, William and Mrs. Elizabeth Wells; about 1820 he married 
Mary Thorp; he resided in the region of Sugar Loaf mountain until his death, 
November 14, 1845; his wife survived him; They had issue: Francis D., Nancy 
(wife of Isaac Hall), and Mary Ann (wife of Samuel Hall). Nancy (daughter of 
Francis, Sr.) was born June 16, 1785; she married Col. James Stewart, and 
settled on a tract, near Camp run, in Lawrence county, where she resided until 
her death, the date of which is not know; she is said to have left issue, but 
nothing is known of them. Rachel (daughter of of Francis, Sr.) was born November 
5, 1787; she married John Scott, and settled on a tract, near Camp Run in 
Lawrence county, where she resided until her death, the date of which is not 
known; she is said to have left issue, but nothing is known of them. David 
(son of Francis, Sr.) was born April 5, 1790; he married, and resided for 
a time in Lawrence county; afterward he removed to Homer, in Champaign county, 
Ill., where he died many years ago; he is said to have left issue, but 
nothing is known of them. Thomas (youngest of the family of Francis, Sr.) 
was born July 16, 1792; on February 9, 1813, he married Nancy Eccles, and 
settled on a tract near Camp run, in Lawrence county, where he resided until 
his death February 21, 1851; his wife survived him some years; they had 
issue: Joseph, David, Angelina (wife of Samuel Brandon), and others whose 
names are not known. 
  (7) Guyon Morrison, Jr., son of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born probably in 
1750. About 1776 he married Hannah Rankin, and settled on a portion of the 
homestead. In October, 1778, he was appointed lieutenant of the militia by 
the Court of Yohogania county, Va. In May, 1792, he sold the portion of 
the homestead (which he had inherited from his father) to Rev. Matthew Henderson, 
and soon afterward removed to Cynthiana, Ky., where he resided until his death 
September 1, 1825. His wife died in 1846, aged about ninety-six years. They had 
issue: Margaret, Hannah, David and Matilda. Margaret (eldest of the family of 
Guyon, Jr.) was born about 1778; about 1800 she married Mr. Steele, and 
resided at Versailles, Ky., where she died in October, 1808; she is said to have 
left issue, but nothing is known of them. Hannah (daughter of Guyon, Jr.) 
was born probably in 1782; she married Thompson Wigglesworth, and resided 
near Cynthiana, Ky., until her death, May 30, 1853; they had no issue. David 
(son of Guyon, Jr.) was born in 1784; about 1814 he married Sarah_____, and 
resided on the homestead until his death, July 2, 1826; they had issue: Zerelda 
(wife of Perry Wherritt), John and Guyon. Matilda (youngest of the family of 
Guyon, Jr.) was born about 1790; she married Mr. Keenon, and removed to Mt. 
Olivet, Ky., where she resided until her death February 28, 1819; they 
had issue: Matilda (wife of Mr. Goff, of Mt. Olivet). 
  (8) James, youngest of the family of Guyon Morrison, Sr., was born in 
1755. He inherited that portion of the homestead on which his father had 
lived and died. After the formation of Washington county, he was commissioned 
as captain of a company of the Washington Rangers, who were organized for 
defense against the intrusions of savage foes. In 1791 he married Mary 
Gibson, daughter of William Gibson, Sr., of Lancaster county, and sister of 
the wife of James Bradford, Jr., of Strabane township. He resided on 
the homestead until his death, November 14, 1813, and was buried in the graveyard 
on his own farm beside the remains of his father. His wife died August 23, 1834, 
at the age of sixty-five years. Her remains were deposited beside those 
of her husband, in their quiet resting place. A few years ago their remains 
were removed, and were interred in the cemetery at Washington. They had issue: 
William, Margaret, John, Elizabeth, James, Jr., Guyon, and Mary. William, the 
eldest of the family of James, Sr., was born March 19, 1793; in 1833 he married 
Sarah Munce, and resided, for a time, on a portion of the homestead; 
afterward, he purchased and adjoining tract to which he removed, and on which 
he resided until his death on May 13, 1853; his wife died February 26, 
1885, aged about eighty years; they had issue: Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth, 
Margaret, James G. and Anna. Of the family of William, Mary, Margaret and 
James G. are unmarried, and reside in the borough of Washington. James G. owns 
his father's portion of the Morrison homestead. Sarah, daughter of William, 
married John B. Miller, late of Canton township, but died a number of years 
ago, without issue. Elizabeth, daughter of William, married John Russell in 
1864, and resides in Chartiers township; she survives her husband, who 
died in January, 1893, leaving issue: Lula (wife of Rev. J. R. Hosick), Anna 
and J. Mack (a student of medicine). Anna, youngest of the family of William, 
married John Gibson Johnson, and has since resided in Cross Creek village; 
they have issue: George V., William M. and Ernest. Margaret (daughter of 
James, Sr.) was born January 2, 1795; in 1818 she married James Bradford, and 
removed to Cadiz, in Harrison Co., Ohio, where her husband died in October, 
1826, at the age of thirty-seven years. They had issue: James M., David and 
Elizabeth (surname Bradford). Afterward she returned to the home of her kindred 
in Washington county. In 1832, she married David Watson, and resided in 
Chartiers township, where her husband died May 22, 1843, at the age of fifty-one 
years. They had issue: John M., Mary and George Newton (surname Watson). Afterward 
she removed to her inheritance in Peters township, where she resided until 
her death, January 17, 1875. James M. Bradford (eldest of the family of 
Margaret) was born in February, 1820; on reaching adult years he returned to 
Harrison county, Ohio, where he has resided ever since; in 1844 he married 
Juliana Lewis, who died in December, 1890; they had issue: Ann Eliza, born 
in 1845, who married Dr. J. G. Kennedy, and, secondly, Marion Coats, and 
died in April, 1890, leaving issue, Wilbur W. Kennedy. David Bradford 
(son of Margaret) was born December 24, 1821; on July 14, 1859, he married 
Rebecca Ann Bell, and has resided in Chartiers township ever since; for 
many years he was engaged in the mercantile business, but latterly, he 
has retired from that employment, and for some time has resided in Houstonville; 
politically, he has been honored, by the people of Washington county, with 
a term as county auditor, and with a term as county commissioner; 
they have had issue: John and Mary.  John, who was born August 22, 1860, is 
unmarried, and resides with his parents; Mary died October 5, 1889, in early 
womanhood. Elizabeth Bradford (daughter of Margaret) resided with her mother 
in her declining years; after the death of her mother she removed to Scio, 
Harrison Co., Ohio, where she still resides; she is unmarried. John M. Watson 
(son of Margaret) was born January 31, 1834; in 1866 he married Sarah Borland, 
and resided on the homestead in Peters township for some years; afterward he 
purchased a tract in North Strabane township where he has since resided; they 
have no issue. Mary Watson (daughter of Margaret) was born about 1836; in October, 
1859, she married Peter Martin, and has since resided in Chartiers 
township; they have issue: Eva (wife of John Jamison), Anna, George and 
Elizabeth. George Newton Watson (youngest of the family of Margaret) was 
born in December, 1839; in 1876, he married Margaret Palmer, and removed to 
Washington county, Iowa, where he resided until his death in May, 1891; 
they had issue: two daughters. John (son of James, Sr.) was born March 19, 1797. 
He inherited that portion of the homestead on which his father and grandfather 
had lived and died. In 1867 he removed to Harrison county, Ohio, where he 
resided with his nephew, James M. Bradford. In 1870 he sold his inheritance 
in Chartiers township, in Washington county, to his brother Guyon. Afterward 
he returned to Washington county, where he resided at the home of his nephew, 
David Bradford, until his Death, November 25, 1880. He was unmarried. 
Elizabeth (daughter of James, Sr.) was born November 11, 1798. On December 4, 
1823, she married Andrew Allison, son of Judge James Allison, and resided on 
the Allison homestead, in Chartiers township, where her husband died, January 
26, 1854, at the age of fifty-nine years. After the death of her husband, she 
removed to Canonsburg, where she resided for some years. Afterward she 
removed to the home of her daughter, Henrietta, in Warren county, Ohio, 
where she resided until her death, November 19, 1878. They had issue: Mary, 
James, George, Rachel, Margaret, Elizabeth, Henrietta and Andrew, Jr. Of 
the family of Elizabeth, Mary, George, and Margaret died in January, 1836. 
James (son of Elizabeth) was born April 16, 1826; he completed a classical course 
in Jefferson college, but died soon afterward, on January 21, 1849. Rachel 
(daughter of Elizabeth) died, July 26, 1857, in early womanhood. Elizabeth (daughter 
of Elizabeth) was born October 21, 1836; on March 29, 1855, she married Dr. John 
W. Martin, a physician of Canonsburg, who afterward entered the mercantile business 
in which he has been engaged ever since;  she died September 14, 1881; they had 
issue: James Allison  (deceased), Charles Edward, John Clark, Ralph, and Mary 
(wife of William A Dickson). Henrietta (daughter of Elizabeth) was born March 
31, 1840; on 
May 3, 1865, she married Joseph W. Culbertson, and removed to Warren county, 
Ohio, where she still resides; they have issue: Mary (wife of John Harkrader), 
James Martin (deceased) and Isabella. Andrew, Jr. Youngest of the family of 
Elizabeth) was born January 26, 1845; he graduated in the classical course 
at Jefferson College in 1865; he completed a course in medicine in Jefferson 
Medical College, Philadelphia, and removed to Westchester, in Butler Co., 
Ohio, where he was engaged in the practice of medicine until his death, September 
26, 1871; he was unmarried. James Jr. (son of James, Sr.) was born November 
28, 1800. He settled on the portion of the homestead, which he had inherited 
from hi father, where he resided until his death September 27, 1875. He left 
his inheritance to his son James, who still owns the property. James, son of 
James, Jr., was born April 26, 1835. On December 11, 1866, he married Elizabeth 
McPeak, and for a time resided on the homestead. Some years ago he removed to 
Canonsburg, where he has resided ever since. They have no issue. Guyon Morrison, 
whose portrait appears in connection with this sketch of the Morrison family, 
and who is a son of James Morrison, Sr., was born August 5, 1804. He attended 
Jefferson College for some time, but did not graduate. On May 23, 1833, he 
married Jane Johnston, daughter of Richard and Jane (Bradford) Johnston, and 
removed to Belmont county, Ohio, where for a time he was engaged in mercantile 
business. In 1836 he removed to the adjoining county of Harrison, and 
resided on a farm near Franklin until 1870. In that year he purchased from 
his brother John the homestead inheritance, in Chartiers township, 
Washington county. In the same year he returned to the home of his boyhood, 
where he resided until his death, December 11, 1876. The death of his wife 
occurred June 2, 1888, at the age of seventy-seven years. They had issue: John. 
      In a brief reference to the life of Guyon Morrison, it may be stated that 
from his youth he was a diligent student of science, history and literature. In 
regard to public improvements and public issues, his views were liberal and 
progressive. In accord with the history and traditions of his kindred, he 
was a Whig, and, later, a Republican. In his religious belief, he was a strict 
constructionist. He had been reared under the ministry of Dr. John McMillan, 
who, during his long pastorate, had rigidly adhered to the use of the Scripture 
Psalms in the worship of the sanctuary. After his removal to Ohio, he became 
a member of the Associate Reformed Church,  and retained his connection also 
with its successor the United Presbyterian Church, until his death. He was 
chosen a ruling elder in the Associate Reformed Church of Franklin, and 
served in that capacity until his removal from that region. He was tolerant 
of the opinions and prejudices of his fellow-men. He died as he had lived, a 
consistent Christian. John, son of Guyon, was born November 18, 1848. He 
completed a classical course at Monmouth College, at Monmouth, Ill.; where 
he graduated in 1869. In January, 1879, he became associated with Rev. A. G. 
McCoy in the publication of the Christian Instructor, which they had purchased, 
and removed from Philadelphia to Chicago. He was engaged in this work for sixteen 
months, when he disposed of his interest in the publication and retired from the 
management. Afterward he was, for some time, engaged in mercantile business 
in Chicago. After disposing of this property, he entered upon the study of 
medicine. He completed the course at Rush Medical College, where, in 1887, 
he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Afterward he removed to Canonsburg, 
Penn., where he has since resided. He is a life member of the Western Pennsylvania 
Humane Society, Historical Society and University Extension Society. He is 
still in possession of the Morrison homestead in Chartiers  township. 
     Mary Morrison (youngest of the family of James, Sr.) was born November 
16, 1806. In 1829 she married Marshall McCall, and removed to Belmont county, 
Ohio. From there she removed to  the adjoining county of Harrison, where 
she resided until her death, September 17, 1849. Her husband married a second 
time, and removed to Wenona, Marshall Co., Ill., where he resided until 
his death, September 29, 1873, at the age of sixty-eight years. They had issue: 
John A., James M., Mary Jane, and Margaret. John A., eldest of the family of 
Mary, was born probably in 1830. He attended a course at Franklin College, 
New Athens, Ohio. He studied law at Cadiz, Ohio, where he was admitted to the 
bar. Soon afterward he married Margaret Henderson, and removed to Wenona, Ill., 
where he resided for a number of years. Afterward he removed to Kansas, where he 
has since resided. They have issue: Marshall, Elizabeth, Sarah, and perhaps others 
whose names are not known. James M., son of Mary, was born probably in 1832. 
He accompanied his brother John on the removal of the latter to Wenona, Ill., 
where he has resided ever since. He is unmarried. Mary Jane, daughter of Mary, 
was born about 1835. About 1854 she married Leonard D. Rowley, and resided some 
years in Harrison County, Ohio. Afterward she removed to Mendota, Ill., 
where she resided until her death about 1876. Her husband, who survived her, 
removed to Akron, Ohio, where he has since resided. They had issue: Catherine 
(wife of Mr. McGalliard, of Akron, Ohio) and John (who resides at the same place). 
Margaret, daughter of Mary, was born about 1838. About 1858 she married Dr. 
Arter, of Carrollton, Ohio. After a residence of some years at that place, she 
removed to Canton, Ohio, where she has since resided. They have no issue. 
       Text taken from page 658 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative 
Biographical Record of Washington  County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. 
Beers & Co., 1893).